"I don't see the setback as a major problem. Marcus will be a key player again this summer."

Trescothick made the decision not to travel just hours before Somerset were due to leave Heathrow Airport to catch their flight to Abu Dhabi on Friday.

He has been suffering from the stress-related illness since February 2006 and has not played for England since August of the same year, leaving early from tours of India and Australia.